The Barbarian Class | Baldur's Gate 3 Guide (D&D)

are you guys doing this guy thinks he's a barbarian I am a barbarian be like 5 foot some I'm 5 foot 10 that's closer to 6 boots on to you guys are really starting to piss me off you sure you want me to rage John look at this guy with a bad case of little man syndrome he probably wrote a donkey over here let about my donkey [Laughter] [Music] man what's up I'm with the boys I did vacuum the house today [Music] welcome back for another class guide video in today's video we're going to be talking about a rage-filled axe to the face class the Barbarian do you find yourself getting the cops called on you every time you get mad well then if so you're probably in jail and don't do that anymore or maybe you're just really insecure an RL and you want to know what it feels like to be a true man or woman the Barbarian might be the class for you we're going to be talking about the barbarians class features what races go well the barbarian the barbarians rage and abilities and of course the two confirmed primal paths which will be your subclass choice one of them is pretty cool and involves spirit animals so you're gonna want to stick around for the entire video as always keep in mind that the final version of the baldur's gate 3 barbarian might be modified from what we talked about I think it's safe to assume that this video should serve as a solid foundation for understanding this class you guys end up enjoying this video please subscribe there'll be much more involved escape 3 content on the way Barty done videos on the druid rogue sorcerer upheld and an bard so make sure to check those out if you would like links to my Twitter and discord will be below let's talk about the Barbarian barbarians are defined by their unbridled unquenchable and unthinkable rage their anger is more than just a mere emotion it's the ferocity of a cornered predator in the unrelenting assault of a storm some barbarians rage comes from a roiling reservoir of anger at a world full of pain while others draw their rage from a communion with fierce animal spirits their rage is the fuel that powers their battle frenzied uncanny reflexes resilience and feats of strength while many people take pride in their civilized ways - a barbarian civilization is no virtue but a sign of weakness they thrive in the wilds of their homelands and embrace their animal nature keen instincts and primal physicality in the chaos of combat is where a barbarian comes most alive and they will happily charge headlong into danger so that their people do not have to the barbarians typical role in a party will be as damaged dealers and damage takers they are unbelievably toughing and take a hell of a lot of hits they are also great athletes that can handle many tasks dealing with athletic type situations which also makes them great explorers and not a bad choice for scouting out an area for they can handle most of the unexpected damage that might come out of nowhere such as from a trap before we go over which racial choices go best with your barbarian let's first quickly go over what ability scores you might want to invest in - I think it goes without saying that strength will be the primary ability score that your barbarian will focus on many of the barbarians class features specifically refer to using strength so unless you have a really crazy idea in mind show that strength ability score some love doing a dexterity focused barbarian is certainly a possibility but you'll be missing out on some of the strengths focused features Constitution is also great to have as one of your top scorers for your constitution modifier will be added to your base HP and really make your barbarian super tough but you kind of need four you'll be taking a lot of hits in combat now if the idea of being a bare chested unarmored barbarian interests you then you'll still want to focus on strength but you'll also likely want to make your Constitution and dexterity scores decent because both of those abilities will come into play in determining your unarmored armor class number your wisdom intelligence and charisma scores are really up to you in deciding if you want to invest into any of these it's probably a good idea to at least make one of these more mental type ability scores decent to help round yourself out a little bit for your racial choice typically the best way to go is by choosing the races that boost your strength the most the sub race of the dwarf the mountain dwarf is a great choice for you gain a +2 to Constitution for being a dwarf and also a +2 to strength as a mountain dwarf specifically two very important ability scores for a barbarian the half-orc is also a great choice and even though it has not been confirmed to be in baldur's gate 3 yet it's highly likely that it will be as a half-orc you gain a +2 to strength as well as a +1 to Constitution although the mountain dwarf gives you plus 2 to strength and Constitution the half-orc race offers some great racial features that make you even harder to kill as well as increasing your critical hit damage you can't really go wrong with plain as a human and if the game has the variant human that can be really great dragonborns are also cool barbarians as well keep in mind that there are ways to make many races work well with whatever class you choose so you don't have to play as one of the ones that I mentioned we also do not know all the races that will be available on Baldur's Gate 3 Azzam yeah now let's go over some of the barbarians general class features such as hit points and proficiencies and then we'll get into the fun stuff as a barbarian you start off with the highest hit die of d12 so this means that you'll start off the game with a base HP of 12 and if you use the roll system when you level up you will roll one 12 sided die and add that to your current HP if you use the fixed rate HP system you will add 7 HP per level we're not sure yet how Larian studios is going to go about the HP system but it seems likely that they'll offer both choices for HP increase per level don't forget that your Constitution modifier is also added to your base HP your barbarians armor proficiencies will be in light armor medium armor and shields for weapons your proficient and simple weapons and martial weapons so that means all weapons for saving throws you'll be proficient in strength and constitution strength saving throws can help with resisting a force that would physically move or bind you such as a gust of wind Constitution saving throws can help with diseases poison and other hazards that SAP your vitality and lastly for skills you choose - from animal handling athletics intimidation nature perception and survival athletics is a common choice here as well as intimidation but depending on how you want to play your barbarian you might want to go with nature and animal handling also keep in mind your background choices will offer some skill proficiencies as well so that's it for your proficiencies now let's take a look at the barbarians class chart to see what we gain as we level up which will eventually lead to your subclass choice at class level one you gain the classic most famous feature for the barbarian rage so on your turn and combat by using a bonus action you can enter a rage going into rage will give you the following benefits number one you'll have advantage on strength checks and strength saving throws that means that when the game makes you do one of these checks it's going to roll to D 20s for you and take the higher result this gives you a much better chance of actually succeeding for the game will throw away the lower roll number two entering rage will also give you resistance to bludgeoning piercing and slashing damage which is great to have especially at lower levels having resistance will have the damage coming from any weapon that deals those three types of damage number three when you make a melee weapon attack using strength you gain a bonus to the damage roll this bonus is shown on the barbarian class chart under the rage damage column as you can see from levels 1 to 8 that rage bonus will be +2 and at level 9 and 10 it will be +3 max level at least on launch will be level 10 so will not be talking about anything past level 10 in this video you will also notice the column to the left of the rage damage that's titled rages this is the column that tells you the amount of rages that you can do before running out to regain your uses of rage you must complete a long rest which is going to your camp and sleeping in baldur's gate 3 at level 1 you'll be able to use two raid per day and at level 10 you'll have four so this means that you have to be fairly conscious about using your rages because you have a limited amount in D&D your rage will last for one minute and will end early if you're knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then it's basically saying that your rage will die if you're not being aggressive and dealing damage or getting hit the duration for the rage in Baldur's Gate 3 will have to wait to see what Larian Studios does you also cannot be wearing heavy armor while using rage also a class level 1 you'll gain unarmored defense which we briefly talked about earlier this feature makes it so that when you're not wearing any armor at all your armor class number will equal 10 plus your dexterity modifier and constitution modifier so if you invest into those ability scores enough your barbarian can have a decent armor class without wearing any armor at all you're allowed to have a shield and still receive on armor defense at class level 2 you gain reckless attack which will give you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using strength on your first attack on your turn but attack rolls against you will also have advantage as well until your next turn thinking back to rage rage gave you advantage on damage rolls reckless attack has given you advantage on attack rolls so basically your first attack has a great chance of successfully hitting your target but your enemies will also have an easier time landing their strikes on you as well the reason why this can be good is because the Barbarian is tough and can handle taking damage and if you combine this with your rage and the enemies are dealing bludgeoning piercing or slashing damage their damage will be halved it ends up typically working in your favor our barons have a lot of synergy between their features and abilities especially if you grab certain feats there is one more thing that you gain at class level 2 and that is danger sense danger sense will give you advantage on dexterity saving throws against the facts that you can see such as traps and spells you cannot be blinded deafened or incapacitated and receive this advantage though basically your barbarian is really good at sensing when things nearby aren't as they should be and you get an edge when attempting to dodge away from danger finally we made it to class level 3 where you get to choose your barbarians path which is your subclass the two confirmed subclasses are the path of the Berserker in the path of the totem warrior there might be more but those are the two that are guaranteed let's start off talking about the path of the totem warrior four it's a little bit more interesting as a totem warrior you accept the spirit animal as your guide protector and inspiration in battle your totem spirit fills you with a supernatural might adding magical fuel to your barbarian rage right upon choosing the subclass you'll choose your totem spirit and gain its feature I'm not sure how Larian Studios will go about this but in D&D you must make or acquire a physical totem object it can be an amulet or similar adornment and it has to incorporate fur or feathers claws teeth or bones of the totem animal your character might even adopt some physical features of your totem animal such as if you choose the bear you might be unusually hairy or if you choose the eagle you might have yellow eagle eyes so the totem animal spirit choices are the bear eagle and wolf there may be more but we're not really sure right now the bear will give you resistance to all damage except psychic damage while you're using rage extremely powerful you're basically doubling your hip points for almost any encounter while you're raging because you have resistance to all these damage types I'm guessing that the Eagle spirit will be modified a little while raging you will give other creatures disadvantage on opportunity attack roles against you but it will also allow you to use - as a bonus action which has already been stated that everyone in Baldur's Gate 3 can already use - as a bonus action so I'll be interesting to see if Larian adds something more for the eagle and last but not least the wolf the wolf totem while raging will give your friends advantage on melee attack roles against any creature within 5 feet of you this can really help put down a creature that's in your face if you have melee weapon users in your party as well now let class level 6 as a totem warrior you should be able to change your totem spirit animal if you so choose but you'll also gain aspect of the beast aspect of the beast will let you gain a magical benefit associated with your totem spirit the bear will now double your carrying capacity and you'll gain advantage on strength checks made to push poll lifts or break objects the Eagle will give you increased eyesight to help you spot things even those with fine details dim lighting will also now not impose this advantage on your wisdom checks in the wolf at level six will let you gain hunting sensibilities that let you track other creatures at a fast pace and also lets you move more stealthily while moving at a normal pace at class level 10 is a total warrior you'll gain spirit Walker not sure if or how this will work in baldur's gate 3 but this feature basically has your spirit animal up here in front of you and it may convey information that you seek path the Berserker as a berserker barbarian your rage burns in your heart it's a furnace that drives you towards greatness some barbarians view this rage as an internal reservoir where pain grief and anger are forged into a fury hard as steel while others believe it to be an animalistic spiritual blessing right upon choosing the subclass you will gain frenzy he used frenzy when you rage it's basically an upgrade to your rage so for the duration of your rage you can make a single melee weapon attack as a bonus action on each of your turns after this one so basically you can attack your target with an action point but now also attack again with a bonus action if you so choose the one downside is that when your rage ends you will suffer one level of exhaustion the more you do frenzy the more exhausted your barbarian will become causing you to suffer from certain penalties so frenzy is typically best used as a finisher move where you know the fight will be over soon you're really just trying to put that enemy down at class level 6 as a berserker you cannot be charmed or frightened while raging another upgrade to the rage that max level 10 as a berserker you gain intimidating presence intimidating presence will let you use your action to frighten someone if a creature is within 30 feet of you and can see or hear you it will be frightened unless it succeeds on a wisdom saving throw on subsequent turns you can use your action to extend the duration of this effect on the frightened creature frightened will likely give a creature disadvantage on ability checks and attack roles while you're in its line-of-sight and the creature cannot move closer to you so those are the two confirmed subclasses for the barbarian it will definitely be interesting to see how far Larian studios takes the totem warrior now let's go over the remaining class features that you'll gain on your journey to level 10 a class level 4 you'll gain an ability score improvement where you get to add to ability score points to the ability or abilities of your choice if you so choose you can forego this and instead gain a feat a class level 5 you gain extra attack and fast movement extra attack lets you attack twice instead of once whenever you take the attack action on your turn great feature to have and fast movement will increase your movement speed which will increase the distance you can travel in one turn plus level six we already talked about when we were talking about subclasses it's where you gain another subclass feature class level seven you gain feral instinct this will give you advantage on initiative rolls initiative is a little different in Baldur's Gate 3 compared to D&D so we'll see how this ends up working out class level 8 is another ability score improvement or your choice of feet class level 9 you gain brutal critical this will let you roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee weapon that's an opportunity to do a ton of damage max level 10 you gain another subclass feature which we already talked about and that's basically it for the Barbarian there are more straightforward type of class especially if you play the Berserker your job is pretty much to destroy things and be the athletic god for your party thanks so much for watching guys if you guys enjoyed the video please like comment and subscribe I really appreciate it's a huge help to my videos like I said before I've already done a bunch of class guides and I plan on continuing to do all the classes that are available in baldur's gate 3 I do all sorts of content on this channel ranging from comedy videos to live streams to game reviews to game tutorials to product reviews etc I'd love to see some of you guys on a future video until next time [Music]

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Published: Tue Jun 09 2020